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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will always remeber powdered milk, stale bread, and scraping mold off of jelly and other things.  One of the worse things about being poor as a child was how some of the "rich" kids would treat you in school.  The kids would act like they were better than me because their parents where successful or inherited money.  There was a Cosby Show episode that really spoke to me. One of the daughters was complaining that kids were making fun of her for being rich and she told her father that it would be easier if she was not rich.  Cosby explains that he and her mother are rich, she is not rich, she does not have a job and has not earned any money.  [/quote]

Don't forget the huge blocks of government cheese. Oh, and the thanksgiving basket the church would deliver. Yummy.

I never remember going to bed hungry. Never. I do however remember the torn shoes, hand-me-down polyester pants and the mean kids.  oh goodness, I cannot believe how much this thread has retrieved some memories that make me cry. I also remember the wonderful teacher who showed up one day and handed me a bag that contained two new blouses and a pretty new skirt. She i have never forgotten.  She became a vice principal income of the middle schools now closed in DC. [/quote]

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